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Northern housing associations launch £180m procurement framework
A social housing consortium has launched a £180m contractors’ and consultants’ framework with a group of companies to build 2,000 homes between now and 2021.
JV North has 11 members spanning Greater Manchester, Merseyside, Nottingham and Preston, and has expanded its procurement framework to include employers’ agents, principle designers, legal conveyancers and valuers. The previous framework covered only contractors, architects and quantity surveyors.
It is anticipated that approximately 2,000 properties will be delivered through the new four-year framework that starts in July. JV North members manage more than 73,000 homes in total.
Members include: Aksa Homes, Eastlands Homes, Community Gateway Association, Gedling Homes, Liverpool Mutual Homes, New Charter Housing Group, One Vision Housing, Torus (Helena Partnerships and Golden Gates Housing Trust), Trafford Housing Trust, Weaver Vale Housing Trust and Wythenshawe Community Housing Group.
Sean Stafford, director of Saffer Cooper (which manages JV North’s development programme), said: “The existing framework has been very successful with excellent work carried out by a collection of high-quality organisations and professionals.
“We are now looking to widen it so we can deliver nearly 3,000 new homeownership properties and so require consultants who offer specialist services.”
